A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present

Zinn, Howard

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Publisher: Harper Collins, USA
Year First Published: {23456 A People's History of the United States PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard ttp://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progres Harper Collins USA Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers. 1995 2003 752pp $27 BC23456s-PeoplesHistoryUSA.jpg B Book 0060528370 E178.Z75 2003 973.92--dc21 A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'. Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives. Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. [Abstract by Vei Chong] Table of Contents 1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress 2. Drawing the Colour Line 3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition 4. Tyranny is Tyranny 5. A Kind of Revolution 6. The Intimately Oppressed 7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs 8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God 9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom 10. The Other Civil War 11. Robber Barons and Rebels 12. The Empire and the People 13. The Socialist Challenge 14. War is the Health of the State 15. Self-help in Hard Times 16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does it Explode?" 18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam 19. Surprises 20. The Seventies under Control? 21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus 22. The Unreported Resistance 23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards 24. The Clinton Presidency 25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" Afterword Bibliography Index CX8894 1 true true false CX8894.htm [0xc000204810 0xc00136f4d0 0xc00145d4a0 0xc0014735c0 0xc001485920 0xc0015c3cb0 0xc0022abaa0 0xc000be6900 0xc0001d25a0 0xc0002b2b70 0xc0002f1620 0xc00032ef30 0xc000337890 0xc0003c6f60 0xc000428240 0xc00050e6f0 0xc00019fe30 0xc0001f2960 0xc000233440 0xc000332d20 0xc000549ef0 0xc0007e4690 0xc000a92de0 0xc000abfcb0 0xc0004b8240 0xc0007e0060 0xc0009cc000 0xc000a56a20 0xc00072a120 0xc00095a300 0xc000fcbbc0 0xc0008f0420 0xc000f98420 0xc0015e8f90 0xc001686570 0xc002244570 0xc00261a660 0xc00261b380 0xc0001e8690 0xc0004afa70 0xc000edc360 0xc001846cf0 0xc0018c91d0 0xc001960c00 0xc001c98450 0xc001d5ca20 0xc001d93920 0xc001e1d2c0 0xc0020b6150 0xc002236ae0 0xc0023242a0 0xc0028deb40 0xc0029d1710 0xc002a81d10] Cx}
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 752pp Price: $27 ISBN: 0060528370
Library of Congress Number: E178.Z75 2003 Dewey: 973.92--dc21
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX8894

Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.

Abstract:
A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'.

Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives.

Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

[Abstract by Vei Chong]

Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
2. Drawing the Colour Line
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
4. Tyranny is Tyranny
5. A Kind of Revolution
6. The Intimately Oppressed
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
10. The Other Civil War
11. Robber Barons and Rebels
12. The Empire and the People
13. The Socialist Challenge
14. War is the Health of the State
15. Self-help in Hard Times
16. A People's War?
17. "Or Does it Explode?"
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
19. Surprises
20. The Seventies under Control?
21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
22. The Unreported Resistance
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards
24. The Clinton Presidency
25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

A People's History of the United States1492 - Present

Subject Headings

A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present